Bravery
Billboard Magazine states, “My Silent Bravery plays like a major label signing, from its production savvy, eloquent lyrics, authoritative imaging, polished web site, a dedicated Northeast U.S. fan following, merchandising, and most important, a chockablock collection of winning songs. My Silent Bravery is destined to make major noise.”
My Silent Bravery symbolizes persistence, perseverance and inner strength to overcome obstacles in the face of adversity. It is this type of determination that helped singer songwriter Matthew Wade of My Silent Bravery overcome a sports injury in his youth which led him to pursue his passion in music. The injury opened the door to spirituality and a higher calling. Through personal work and transformation, he learned the importance of “paying it forward” and now feels one of his missions in life is to help inspire others to do the same by delivering his positive message to the masses through the music of My Silent Bravery.
Matthew has continued his DIY approach and released music independently under his own label MWS Records for the last 15 years. He has played 1,000 live shows including several international tours and has shared the stage with national acts including Bryan Adams, Billy Idol, Daughtry, Andy Grammer, John Waite, The Wailers, Candlebox, Rusted Root, among many others. Matthew has been independently and organically growing his international “Braveheart” fan base with over 300K followers across multiple social networks. MSB has also accumulated over 9 million views on YouTube and 7 million streams on Spotify. My Silent Bravery has built an acclaimed profile leading up to it latest release, 2021’s “Bigger” album, with 7 prior full-length albums under his belt.
His most recognized work is the 2017 album “Willing to Try” which had three hit songs that charted heavily on Billboard. The first single “Got it Going On” landed on the Billboard Hot Singles Sales Chart, remaining at #1 for ten straight weeks. It simultaneously hit 5 Billboard charts, including #13 on the Hot Rock Songs as the “Hot Shot Debut”, and #8 Alternative Digital Song Sales, #9 Rock Digital Song Sales, and #49 Emerging Artists. It was also featured on XM Sirius Satellite radio station XM The Pulse on Train Tracks with Pat Monahan. The video for the song premiered via the Huffington Post and amassed nearly 4 million views on YouTube, trending overseas in South America. “Girl You Think You Know” was the second single and peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot Singles Sales Chart, #13 on the Rock Digital Song Sales, and #36 on the Hot Rock Songs Sales Chart. It simultaneously reached #1 on the Soundscan Top 100 singles Chart remaining on the chart for 13 weeks. The video for the song, which also exclusively premiered on Billboard, trended overseas up to #2 on YouTube’s most popular page. “18” was the third single and charted on 3 Billboard charts, peaking at #8 Digital Rock Song Sales, #28 Hot Rock Songs Chart, and #33 on Emerging Artist chart. It was the third straight single from MSB to chart on multiple Billboard charts.
In addition, MSB’s music has been featured in many tv shows and films including CBS’ Criminal Minds, the Marivista film Another Tango, CW’s One Tree Hill, CBS’ People’s Choice Awards, MTV’s Real World and True Life, The Oxygen Network’s Bad Girls Club, the History Channel’s American Pickers and many others. Matthew has been acknowledged for his songwriting with awards and recognition from the International Songwriting Competition, Great American Song Contest, International Acoustic Music Awards, along with his favorite for winning ‘Best Social Action Song’ at the Independent Music Awards for his song ‘To Give (featuring Matisyahu)’. MSB has also partnered with many brands like American Airlines, Ford, Angry Orchard, Health Ade Kombucha, Kind, Pacer, and is sponsored by Gibson Guitars.
Paste Magazine recently stated, “My Silent Bravery may be the best-undiscovered artist around”.
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